I love purchasing locally grown fruits and vegetables from our farmer's market, but with the heat and drought this year, our farmers don't have much to sell.
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this last time I bought green tomatoes, pattypan squash, and a melon. Need/want to go again.
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All of the above. We also have several farm markets that are open daily. Great way to get fresh homegrown stuff. Shipping just seems to take away from the flavor.
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oooohhhh, lots of corn, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, green beans, tomatoes, potatoes and onions. And lots of home baked items.
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Going in the morning and buying lots of apples. Come home and freeze them .My DGD and I love fried apples for breakfast.
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Anything that is grown organic. I believe that pesticides will be the death of us! :?
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I don't go to the Farmers Mkt, but I belong to an organic veg/fruit coop. We get fresh stuff from Nov - May. I'm looking forward to Nov
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Almost anything, but fresh corn is the best. When I was little, farmers used to sell bouquets of fresh flowers. I keep looking for some since I don't garden anymore, but haven't found any.
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Originally Posted by Favorite Fabrics
corn (because it takes up too much space to fit it in my small garden, plus it attracts raccoons)... and my favorite is local peaches, perfectly ripe and wondrously fragrant.
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In season, I buy everything.
Blueberries, beets with the tops, onions, carrots, green beans, melons, corn, peppers, eggs, etc. Tonight's dinner was free range chicken with nicoise salad. Dessert was fresh peach and blueberry cobbler. Tomorrow we are having the ice cream from the fresh eggs, that were laid on Sunday. :) |
Originally Posted by nena
Going in the morning and buying lots of apples. Come home and freeze them .My DGD and I love fried apples for breakfast.
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Originally Posted by eimay
Almost anything, but fresh corn is the best. When I was little, farmers used to sell bouquets of fresh flowers. I keep looking for some since I don't garden anymore, but haven't found any.
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Tomatoes, sweet corn and squash!
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Maryland tomatoes and sweet corn
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We buy everything we need there pretty much. They even have meat and eggs now (they have a refrigerated trailer). I just can't find the same quality produce at the grocery store. We also like knowing that the profits are going directly to the farmer and his family, not some big conglomerate grocery chain.
Last Friday I bought some of the best strawberries I've ever had and made a strawberry pie. I would have made two pies, but I ate so many strawberries while cutting them up that I didn't have enough! |
Used to be a huge farmers market where I lived. Where I live now, I grow tomato, green pepper, squash, chard, lettuce, cucumbers. No farmers market around here. I sure do miss it
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We raised a big garden when I was young, and I "helped" sell the corn and tomatoes, so I know good stuff when I see it. Tried couple of guy's corn yesterday that was at Farmers Market and roadside. Forget roadside. Not even good chicken feed. May call the first guy although he is not the one was looking for. My favorite farm couple was not at the FM, nor do they answer their phone. Wonder why they have it, if no one ever answers it or has a recorder on line. Love his incredible corn.
Unfortunately, my home town is big on ads for FM, and produces very little. Tomatoes...$2.00 and $2.50 a pound. Main grocery store is selling them at $1.99 a pound. Not much variety to it. |
I go every sat. We get whatever we can get our hands on. We are there when they open. It is wonderful to meet our local farmers. I've got several of their numbers and have been to their farms.
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We have a garden in the back of our house but I still go to the market for potatos, cucumbers, beans and garlic
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Love to go to the Farmers Market. In the spring/early summer love to get strawberries. Green beans and tomatoes. In the fall apples and squash.
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